Some Clouds

Took these while sat out under the trees at Fforest Fields the other week

Could not work out what this one was

This I thought more like a duck but it's beak was going when I took the photo

Maybe a stretched Chicken

Have a great weekend

Canary Bird Rose

Swans on the Lake

On Skywatch Friday I published a sky over the Lake in Landrindod Wells well this swan was also in the photo with her signets

Think she knew I was taking her photo 

Taking Part on Our World Tuesday

Clifton Hampden Church

Back in the end of March I visited six churches fro my Church Explorer Blog and one at Clifton Hampden I came across an amazing moasic mural at the back of the Altar.

 The central one depicts the last supper and looks very Gothic revivalist to me

 On either side are panels showing saints

Though I'm not sure if they are all apostles 

Taking Part in Monday Mural

The Lake

Back in May my Wife & I were in Llandrindod Wells and went up to the lake there for an Ice cream. While we were there I took this photo of The Lake

View From Farnham Castle

Ok this was taken in 2014 and I forgot about the place till we were chatting about the place today

The View shows what you see from the walls of Farnham Castle, the sky was glorious 

Bugs in the Daffodil

A Walk up the Downs

I did have an ulterior motive for this walk, it was a bit of research for another blog I am writing in my Exploration Blog but going to get the photos brought back some childhood memories.

I wanted to get to the hill you see in the distance which is on the Cholsey Downs

To get to it you had to walk up the path you see ahead, this area is a car park for people visiting the downs

The gate here stop you getting to the downs by car. It is only a recent thing as we could once drive right up to a place called the Fair Mile

   The gully you see in the track is caused by rainwater flowing down the hill

Looking back to the carpark

This part of the walk is quite boring now but on the left are some woods
where we used to play & roam around

It used to be a lot more open but now has become very overgrown with vegetation

But in some places it you look out you get a fine view like Starveall farm you see below 

In places I can see where people have been poking around in the woods as there are paths leading in

 We used to go into the woods to play and climb the trees till one day the local farmer who owned it caught us coming along the track on our bikes and accused us of poaching. He wanted out names. But Iwas dammed if I was giving him mine so a few just legged it. I'm told he chased us but he never caught us though I admit my dad was not impressed when I told him. The miserable old famer could have done nothing anyway as the truth is he never caught us in the woods

The track here  gets a bit rougher though it's in better condition that when it was when I was a kid

   This is a view of the woods we used to play in 

This is about as far as I went

 Because this is the view I wanted to get looking down into the village of Cholsey. I felt it was worth the effort. As for the miserable old farmer well he died many years ago and lays in Cholsey Churchyard.

Sky on Thursday

 My wife met me on Thursday lunchtime & we went up to Bury Down for a small picnic, the sky's were glorious and as I happened to have camera it was rude not go get a couple of photos

   Looking over Oxfordshire past Didcot Powerstation

This way we look towards the Harwell Campus

And finally along the ridgeway towards West Hendred

 

If you wondered what the black object was in the field in the first photo, well it was this crow cooling itself down 

Ring of Daisy's